The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-11
UP AMONG THE NINETIES.
THE EXTREME HEAT CAUSED BY
MOISTURE IN THE AIR.

A Hot Day Throughout the Savannah
Section of the Cotton Belt-Ninety-
Two Degrees in Savannah-The Open.
ing of the Tybee Steamer Line and
the Route TO the Sea Shore.
1t was not altogether the imagination that
made people think it was hot yesterday
There have been hotter days when they
complained less, but there have been few
when the heat was more uncomfortable 1t
was a good day for Sunday excursions.
Nearly everybody wanted to go somewhere.
About 1000 went to Tybee, and another
1000 or 5000 went somewhere else. The
Pope Catlin was crowded every trip, and
the last boat up last night was more than
crowded.
The weather at the beach was delightful
and everybody who went enjoyed it. The
bathing was fine and in the afternoon the
beach in front of the Ocean House was
lined with bathers. II was really the first
opportunity that has been afforded this
season for dip in old ocean and hundreds
availed themselves of it. A cool breeze
swept in from the sea, and the sweltering
crowd from the city enjoyed it to the ut
most. The last steamer reached the city
between II and II o'clock last night.
In the city the weather was intensely hot.
The Thermometer at the signal station reg
istered % but it was not the high tempera-
ture alone that made the day uncomfortable.
1t was the humid condition Of the atmos
phere. The observer up in the top of the
post office building said last night that the
humidity was something startling for so
high temperature. Usually in high tenn
peratures the humidity is less than in low
temperatures, but yesterday was
an exception. The humidity was
between Is and 20 per cent
above the mean for July, and it was this
that made the weather so thick and heavy.
The range of temperature for the day was
49, The highest reached was 92', about l
o'clock. The drug store thermometers,
some of them, went considerably higher.
Savannah Jared better though than most of
the stations in this section OF the cotton belt.
Mllen reported 81, Jesup 95', Waycross
81, Eastman 95' and Live Oak &c. Albany
and Alapaha reported the same tempera-
ture as Savannah. cambridge was the cool
est place and that reported 81. The aver
age for the entire section was 93'.
The rainfall was very light and was only
.04 of an inch altogether. Bainbridge, Live
Oak and Thomasville were the only stations
where it raimed at all There We're threat
enings of rain here, and a few drops fell,
but not enough to be appreciable. A sharp
thunderstorm passed north of the city early
in the afternoon and the lightning was very
sharp here A bolt struck Dasher's store at
Broughton and Whitaker streets, and
knocked off piece of the cornice and pref
ty thoroughly shook up people in the vi
entity, but further than that did no dam
age.
What the weather will be to-day is hard
to tell. The observer on duty at the signal
station last night said that there is a storm
disturbance in the lake region and falling
barometer was reported from the Ohio and
Mississippi Valley stations and also
from Atlanta, indicating its movement in
this direction If this is the case the next
day ostwo will be likely to bring bad
weather. The indications from the chief
signal Office last night were: SOutherly
winds in eastern portion, westerly winds in
western portion. stationary temperature
and local rains.